Roja: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Roja – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: ROH-hah


Roja is a girl's name. It appears in our list of New Year Baby Names for Fresh Starts.

Meaning & Origin of Roja

A common claim: Sunrise Actually: The only documented word matching this spelling is the unrelated Spanish word roja, meaning 'red.' There's no reliable evidence that it means 'sunrise' in Tamil; as a well-known Indian name, it's sometimes linked instead to 'rose.'

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Roja

Phonetic: ROH-hah   IPA: /ˈroʊhɑː/

Popularity of Roja

Roja doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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